Our Last Sunday at First Baptist

Sunday, December 23rd was our last service at First Baptist Church, Red Oak, Texas with Jeff as Senior Pastor. It was a hard day as we said goodbye to many wonderful people!! We are sure going to miss all of you!!

The church hosted a very nice going away reception for us prior to the worship service. Thanks so much to Parker Lord and his "welcome room" committee for such a great job with the decorations, food, etc. Thanks too to each one who hugged our necks, spoke kind words to us, for the cards, gifts and well wishes. Here are a few pics of the day..............

The worship service consisted of singing Christmas music, Jeff preaching a short Christmas message and then families and/or groups of friends partaking together in the Lord's Supper. This was especially meaningful to Jeff & I as our children were all present, and for the first time since they have all married, we were able to observe this sacred church ordinance together at one of the tables as a family with Jeff administering the supper to us. Then after the worship service, Jeff was privileged to baptize 9 people. The picture below shows him baptizing one of those and then I am in the picture with the Walker family as both their girls were baptized.

Below is a couple of pictures Rachel or Derek took. One is with the Cox family -- good friends of ours from Crandall. They were active members of Calvary in Mesquite when Jeff pastored there. They had heard we were leaving, so made a special trip to Red Oak to say goodbye. We love you, Tyra, Jennifer and Nicki!! The other picture is Andy & Carman with Doug & Glenda Curry and their family. We love you guys too!

And last, but not least, is a picture of our family in front of the baptistry/fountain